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Death Warmed Up was a large and unusual box-shaped robot designed to resemble a chair, with a humanoid figure sitting on top of the robot inside the 'chair'. The humanoid consisted of a skull and arms with gardening gloves that were moulded from fibreglass, while the robot's weapons were an electric hedge trimmer described as an 'earthquake saw' at the front, and a pneumatic trident at the rear. The robot's bodywork consisted of 50% fibreglass and 50% wood. Death Warmed Up had flames painted along its sides, and also featured several castors along the side of the machine which served no clear purpose in its only battle, much to Jonathan Pearce's bemusement.

"Now the going gets tough,hundreds of people have applied and an unknown number make thier {sic} way to the auditions venue,at the time I believed there would be only 70 places available for robots and that 12 seeded robots had allready {sic} been chosen. As we pushed our robot into the venue we were greeted by the crew and producer and informed we had made a great contribution to series 2 and they we glad to see us again,they looked our robot- Death warmed up,up and down and there were smiles all round. We then made our way to the check in desk and the young ladies behind the desk fell into hysterics pointing at the weapon between the robots legs,we could still hear them laughing when we entered the other room for the tech check. Derek foxwell {sic} did the usual checking and he stated-this is what we are lookin {sic} for ....people having fun with thier {sic} robot building and he was generally pleased. The obsticle {sic} course was a better set up than in series 2 auditions with a ball and goal to shoot at a slalom and the same tipping bridge to drive over,we did well and the guy marking down the affort {sic} gave us the thumbs up."

— Colin Scott on the FRA Forum

Death Warmed Up, like every other robot that attended the Series 3 audition, Death Warmed Up had to take the obstacle course. Derek Foxwell praised the robot's unusual design, and the robot performed well on the course, so Death Warmed Up qualified.

In its first round battle, Death Warmed Up faced Stealth It started the quicker robot, driving across the arena to meet Stealth and circle round it. Death Warmed Up drove away, only for Stealth to get underneath it and push it into the wall and over the Flame Pit, where Death Warmed Up was briefly axed by Shunt. Death Warmed Up began smoking as it struggled to escape the Flame Pit, and its body caught fire as Shunt pushed it away and it drove around the House Robot as he suddenly became immobilised. Stealth nudged Death Warmed Up again, and Death Warmed Up eventually lost mobility as the fire inside its chassis spread and the other House Robots gathered round.